We weren’t allowed to use pens until our teacher decided our handwriting was good enough to make the switch, sometime in fourth grade. She would give out a “license” to each girl along with a pen once they were allowed to start using them. She gave me the license on the second to last day of school even though my handwriting was awful just because she felt bad for me. In the upper grades I used to write with colored pens. There was a rule against students using red pens but no rule against purple or any other color.
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